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Adware
Appender
Backdoor
Blended threat
Boot sector virus
Bot
Botnet
Cavity filler
Chain letter
Clicker
Companion virus
Data diddler
DDoS
Dialler
Dictionary attack
Directory harvesting
DoS
Downloader
Drive-by download
File infector virus
Fork bomb
Hoax
Intended virus
Joke
Keylogger
Logic bomb
Macro virus
Malware
Mass-mailer
Metamorphic virus
Mid-infector
Misinfection
Multipartite virus
Password stealer
Pharming
Polymorphic virus
Prepender
Ransomware
Rootkit
Smurf attack
Spyware
Trojan
Virus
Wabbit
Worm
Zip bomb
Zombie
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